Radwan of Aleppo

Radwan of Aleppo (died 10 December 1113) was the ruler of the Sultanate of Aleppo from 1095 to 1113. He had a policy of friendship towards the Assassins, but his successor Alp Arslan al-Akhies ibn-Radwan burnt them at the stake en masse.

Biography
Radwan was son of Tutush I of Aleppo and was the older brother of Duqaq of Damascus. His brother betrayed him and took over Damascus, so Radwan fought him from his base of Aleppo in a civil war. He was saved by an assassin named Nikolaos, who heard that Radwan was a friend of the Assassins Order. Nikolaos killed Duqaq and restored Radwan to power in the Middle East, and Nikolaos was kept as a guest of honor in Aleppo by Radwan.

However, while Nikolaos was in Cyprus and Antioch assassinating foes, Tancred of Lecce ordered for Radwan to be killed. Tancred was slain in late 1112, but he revealed the plot on Radwan's life to Nikolaos, who rushed to Aleppo to save him. It was too late to save him, however; he was poisoned by the Knights Templar agent Alp Arslan al-Akhies ibn-Radwan, who succeeded him.